Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), says he will challenge the court order
directing his arrest in the United Kingdom.
The IPOB leader also tackled the
federal government over his prosecution, insisting he is innocent of the
accusations against him.
A federal high court in Abuja had
revoked the bail granted Kanu in 2017, after his continued absence in court.
Binta Nyako, justice of the
court, also issued an arrest warrant against the IPOB leader, citing the
continued absence of the IPOB leader in court.
Kanu, who is facing trial
alongside other Biafran activists for alleged treason, had gone into hiding
months after his bail only to reappear in Israel after one year. He then moved
to the UK.
Speaking during a broadcast on
Radio Biafra, on Saturday, Kanu
said he has instructed his lawyers to challenge the arrest warrant in a UK
court.
“The revocation of my bail will
never ever hold; they can never convict us because we have done nothing wrong,”
he said.
“Every move they make, every
decision they take, I will challenge. I have instructed my lawyers, we will
challenge in a competent court of law here in Britain where law actually works.
I am waiting for them.
“Any day you instruct INTERPOL,
that day I will take it up in court and they must answer because here is a
civilised country.
“First, I am not a Nigerian
citizen. Your bail revocation will never ever work. Anybody interested in
revoking my bail would have asked the army what they were doing in my place.”
‘WE WILL CONTINUE TO AGITATE’
The IPOB leader said the cause
for a sovereign state of Biafra is not a crime, and that the group — which has
already been banned and tagged a terrorist organisation — will continue to
advocate for its cause.
“They have not even defined the
crime they said I have committed. There is no crime in Nigeria called
secession; secession is not a crime in Nigeria or anywhere in the world. Only
armed rebellion is a crime, not self determination,” said Kanu.
“If you are out to demoralise us,
you will never ever succeed. We will continue to agitate; we continue to move
forward because we are IPOB; we don’t relent and can never ever relent. Which
crime did Nnamdi Kanu and his co-defendants commit? Somebody should name it.
Secession is not a crime.”
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